The Daily Numbers - April 8

The Daily Numbers: 40, age of Upper Darby man charged with abusing his 87-year-old grandmother, at times almost making her a prison in her own home. Nice.


3 female employees of the Quadrangle assisted living center in Haverford now facing charges of abusing a patient.


20 bucks, what it will now cost residents of Brookhaven for processing and inspecting street-opening applications.


21, age of Darby Township man who police say fired a shotgun at three people while he was driving a car.


2 people rescued after their car plunged into the Schuylkill River yesterday.


3 people charged in a courtroom attack on the mother of a murder suspect yesterday in Philly.


85, age of man robbed in the parking lot of the Delaware Park Casino.


50 school buildings that could be closed as the Philadelphia School District looks to rein in costs.


1 million custom-wrapped condoms that will be distributed by the city of Philadelphia in an attempt to curb sexually transmittted diseases.


4.5 million dollars awarded to a whistleblowing accountant by the IRS.


16 hits and 11 runs pounded out by the Phils yesterday as they tattooed the Mets.


7 shutout innings for Roy Halladay, who picked up his 1st win of the year.


45,468 jammed into Citizens Bank Park for the afternoon Phil’s game.


142 consecutive sellouts for the Phils at Citizens Bank Park.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Uh, so much for all those concerns about the Phillies offense minus Chase Utley and Jayson Werth.


 


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I Don’t Get It: Is it open season on the elderly? One day after several assisted living center workers were charged with abusing a dementia patient in their care, an Upper Darby man faces charges that indicate he was practically keeping his grandmother prisoner in her own home.


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Today’s Upper: To Delco girl Krystle Campbell, who has captured the heart of Phils’ slugger Ryan Howard. The two are engaged.


*“Signs will be placed on the gates indicating the refuge will be shut down.”


Quote Box:


- Heinz Wildlife Refuge Manager Mike McMenamin, won what would happen should the federal government now solve its budget dilemma and shut down at midnight.

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